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Budget Amendments - SB800 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Aird
Localities Real Property Tax Exemptions Relief

Item 251 #1s

Item 251 #1s

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Finance
Department of Accounts Transfer Payments FY2025 $0 FY2026 $103,000,000 GF

Language
Page 307, line 10, strike "$495,380,000" and insert "$598,380,000".

Page 308, after line 12, insert:

"F. 1. Out of this appropriation, $103,000,000 the second year from the general fund is provided as the estimated payment to subsidize local real estate tax relief for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2025, to reimburse eligible localities for providing property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses of members of the armed forces pursuant to §§ 58.1- 3219.5 and 58.1-3219.9 of the Code of Virginia.

2. Any locality may apply to the Auditor of Public Accounts (APA) for certification as an eligible locality for taxable year 2025 by providing documentation that more than one percent of such locality's taxable real estate was exempt from taxation pursuant to the property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses of members of the armed forces in §§ 58.1-3219.5 and 58.1-3219.9 of the Code of Virginia. The application process shall be conducted using forms, required documentation, and deadlines prescribed by the Auditor. 3. The state subsidy to each eligible locality for taxable year 2025 shall be paid by the Commonwealth over the twelve-month period beginning with the month of July 2025 and ending with the month of June 2026, as provided in the general appropriation act.


G. The Auditor of Public Accounts (APA) shall convene a stakeholder group to assess the future cost to localities of providing mandatory property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses of members of the armed forces pursuant to §§ 58.1-3219.5 and 58.1-3219.9 of the Code of Virginia. The analysis shall include a review of current exemptions, an explanation of recent trends, an analysis of future growth, and options to address the ongoing cost to localities. The stakeholder group shall include but not be limited to relevant state agencies, the Commissioners of the Revenue Association of Virginia, the Treasurers' Association of Virginia, the Virginia Municipal League, and the Virginia Association of Counties. The APA shall report its finding and recommendations to the Governor and to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by October 1, 2025.”



Explanation

(This amendment provides $103.0 million GF the second year to reimburse eligible localities for providing property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses of members of the armed forces in tax year 2025, pursuant to §§ 58.1-3219.5 and 58.1-3219.9 of the Code of Virginia. Language requires that a stakeholder group be convened by the Auditor of Public accounts to review current exemptions, an explanation of recent trends, an analysis of future growth, and options to address the ongoing cost to localities.)